Running Nodes

Overview

There are various docker compose file variants in the running-sova repository. These files are used for internal testing as well as testnet and mainnet deployment. This guide provides instructions for running Sova Testnet and Mainnet nodes. See Github repo for more detailed information.

Mainnet Validator

• Comming soon!

Testnet (Sepolia) Validator - dockerfiles/sova-op-validator-node

• Used to run a full Sova full node.

• When the 'core' and 'op-stack' profiles are specified sova-reth, sova-sentinel, op-node, op-batcher, op-proposer all run alongside the Sova auxiliary services.

# run Sova OP validator
docker-compose -f dockerfiles/sova-op-testnet-validator-node.yml -p sova-op-testnet-validator --profile core --profile op-stack --env-file ./.env up --build -d

# stop all containers
docker-compose -f dockerfiles/sova-op-testnet-validator-node.yml -p sova-op-testnet-validator --profile core --profile op-stack --env-file ./.env down

Setup Guide

This guide will walk you through the process of setting up and running a local Sova devnet node using Docker Compose.

Prerequisites

• Software

  • Docker (version 20.10.0 or higher)

  • Docker Compose (version 2.0.0 or higher)

  • Git

• Hardware Requirements

  • A modern multi-core CPU.

  • 32 GB RAM.

  • A locally attached NVMe SSD drive.

Note: Requirements may vary based on network activity, transaction volume, number of connected peers, and chain state growth.

Running the Node

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/SovaNetwork/running-sova
cd running-sova

# checkout release version
git checkout v0.0.7

2. Configure Environment Variables

# Edit the following .env files:
# env.shared
# env.validator

3. Build and Start Testnet Validator

dockerfiles/sova-op-testnet-validator-node.yml

# run Sova OP validator
docker-compose -f dockerfiles/sova-op-testnet-validator-node.yml -p sova-op-testnet-validator --profile core --profile op-stack --env-file ./env.shared --env-file ./env.validator up --build -d

# remove all containers and volumes with:
docker-compose -f dockerfiles/sova-op-testnet-validator-node.yml -p sova-op-testnet-validator --profile core --profile op-stack --env-file ./env.shared --env-file ./env.validator down -v --rmi all